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LDS Track Star Sets Sights on Olympic Medal, Shares Conversion Story

In the World University Games in Korea, LDS athlete Shaquille Walker placed first for Team USA, making him the first American to win gold in the 800 since 1976. But he hasn't stopped there.

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Letter to Missionary Daughter: "A Mission Isn't for You"

Exactly 25 years ago this week, I said goodbye to my family and stepped into the Missionary Training Centerin Provo to begin a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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The One Thing You Can Do to Make Your Children Happier and More Successful

From benefits you might expect, like helping your children avoid risky behaviors and get good grades, to even more surprising benefits, this one simple thing makes a huge difference to your children.

4 Ways to Take (some of) the Stress out of Christmas Day

By now I’m sure you’ve seen as many articles as I have about creating a stress-free holiday. There are many lovely ideas floating around out there, and I’m always trying to incorporate some of them, but I think having a totally stress-free holiday as The Mother is completely unrealistic. Christmas is the project of all projects that you can’t put off or avoid, and it lands right on top of your regular life that isn’t slowing down one bit.

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Ellen DeGeneres Gives Latter-day Saint Mom with Quadruplets an Unbelievable & Hilarious Surprise

By LDS Living Staff

At the beginning of the year, Ashley Gardner posted a video of herself hiding in the pantry, saying, "Dad is out shoveling the driveway. Mom desperately needed a treat to get through the rest of the night. So I'm hiding in the pantry, eating a treat. Is that wrong?"

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Non-Mormon, Former BYU Professor Writes "In Defense of BYU's Honor Code"

By Danielle B. Wagner

After a recent sexual assault case at Brigham Young University, there has been a lot of attention regarding some of the university's policies and how they might affect the victims of sexual assault. In response to this increased attention,Brigham Young Universtiy released a videowhere President Kevin J. Worthen explained the reason for the policies in place at BYU.

A replica of Thorvaldsen’s “Christus” stands in the west wing of the new Temple Square Visitors’ Center.

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Temple Square’s new Visitors’ Center is open—6 things to see without tickets

By Abby Larkins

Enjoy beautiful statues, exhibits, and gardens.

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After a Girl with Special Needs Interrupted a Live Performance, This LDS 6th Grader's Reaction Showed What Pure Love and Kindness Look Like

By LDS Living Staff

In 2014 the Ortonfamily purchased a sailboat they had never seen before, flew to the Caribbean, and began living on the 38-foot catamaran for an adventure that would change their entire family. Christening the boat the Fezywig, the family sailed from Sint Maarten to Manhattan on a journey designed to draw them closer as a family, teach their four daughters and one son to "have even greater confidence in their own abilities to navigate life," and provide their children "a greater appreciation for the earth and the people on it,"Emily and Erik Orton said.

A Look Back at Arizona's First Temple, in Mesa

Thanks to an invitation from Lynn Johnson, President of the Arizona Museum of Natural History Foundation, I was privileged to recently get a special preview tour of the magnificent new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Gilbert.

Genealogy TV growing in popularity worldwide

As geneaology websites increase in popularity, like ancestry.com with its 14 million users, TV shows are catching on to the family history wave and becoming hits not only in the U.S. but around the globe. “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” is a popular new 10-part PBS program. The Washington Post highlighted an episode about Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a leading civil rights pioneer who found out that one of his ancestors had registered to vote shortly after the Civil War — a right Lewis had to fight for during his own lifetime. In 1965 he was beaten nearly to death by state troopers in Alabama during a voting rights protest march.